Windows 10

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system released by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems

To encourage its adoption, Microsoft announced that during its first year of availability, Windows 10 would be made available free of charge to users of genuine copies of eligible editions of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

Windows 10 introduces what Microsoft described as a "universal" application architecture; expanding on Metro-style apps, these apps can be designed to run across multiple Microsoft product families with nearly identical code—including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. More Info »

Windows 10's user interface was revised to handle transitions between a mouse-oriented interface and a touchscreen-optimized interface based on available input devices—particularly on laplets; both interfaces include an updated Start menu that comprises a design similar to Windows 7 with 8's tiles.

Windows 10 also introduces Task View, a virtual desktop system, the Microsoft Edge web browser and other new or updated applications.

Integrated support for fingerprint and face recognition login, new security features for enterprise environments, DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

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Beware it can expire and kill itself

I did the free upgrade when it first started form windows 7 pro retail and last week the computer I was using it on which is a secondary I rarely use killed itself, or well MS killed it. I didn't use it for a month and a half turned it on got a treating message saying that the "build" had expired (I'm using stable not Insider) and if the system wasn't updated it would shut itself off every couple hours and then stop working all together... It followed through with these threats. I was unable to run the update and it simply failed each time half way through I tired a dozen times and then by the end of the week just as the message said it just booted to a screen that more or less said to reformat the system. So consider this a warning do not use windows 10 on a system that isn't used for long spans of time.

Today I reinstalled windows 7 on the system and thus ends my venture into windows 10. I was mainly keeping it on the secondary computer to check out every once in a while to see how it improved as it updated... Overall you could say I'm very much not impressed.

I've been using Manjaro Linux as my main for some time now and am getting quite comfortable in Linux. Truly I think it's the way of the future at this point and is what I plan on teaching my kids. Windows was my childhood so it dose make me sad to see it go this way, but truly all the best jobs are in Linux, and even as a home OS once you get use to it over windows it's actually quite a bit less stressful.

I'm a mid-core gamer and was pretty iffy going into Linux, but have sense realized that if you are not dead set on playing EVERYTHING everyone is talking about then you will find you have far more then enough very high quality games. As an artist I have found that all my art programs run just fine under a VM, computers are powerful enough now days that even well working on a banner sized painting you just don't notice the system overhead of running a striped down windows XP 64-bit VM. Yes I find XP to be the best windows for VMing for windows programs it is still supported by nearly everything that's not a web browser, you don't want it connected to the internet so no security risk, and you can strip it down to next to nothing.

Better than 8.1, yet still needs work.
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I want to be a fan for Win10 (after 8.1, I really needed the upgrade) but I can't overlook the things which are bugging me. It is a very heavy OS and makes me computer slow down a bit, and tries to take decisions for me. Automatic updates are a pain and the fact that the apps cannot be placed in the main screen is a little ridiculous (calendar and weather used to be on my desktop, would like that possibility to return). Don't even get me started on the lack of privacy this OS has...

Classic Shell should be integrated, many disadvantages
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The start-menu of Windows 10 is unusable. If You install Classic Shell you have the very good start-menu from Windows 7 with printers and autostart group again

I miss the autostart group in the start-menu of Windows 10 without "Classic Shell"

In Windows 10 I cannot change the name of the local "OneDrive"-Folder to "OD" to avoid very long path-names, in Windows 8.1 I could

I had to reinstall SafeSync for Enterprise from a msi-Setup-File after Upgrading from Win 8.1 to Win 10 64bit Home, all other programs worked again without new installation

I would never use Edge instead of the better Firefox portable, because Edge has no plug-ins or add-ons: In the add-ons it currently looks rather poor. Microsoft has been announced that there will be extensions, and that even the existing add-ons for other browsers will work in Edge. When this will be the case, however, is not certain.

It is annoing, that the Windows-10-UAC asks everytime, when I open a portable app, if this app is secure. I miss a setting, where I only one time can declare a new portable app as "secure". I do not like apps, which must be installed, I prefer Liberkey portable apps.

Network-Drives defined with SUBST are not visible in many apps and dialogs in Windows 10. This is annoing, because I use "Index Your Files" portable (IYF) for searching files in big networks with SUBST-drive-letters instead of long network-paths.

Advantage of Windows 10 compared with Windows 8.1

Symbols of programs in the task-bar, which are opened, are underlined now in white. So it is easier to avoid second instances of apps and programs.

A commercial trojan
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If you want to assist the US government in its quest for world domination or if you need a technological superego that constantly checks, watches and profiles everything you do and reports all of your activity to malicious institutions, then this trojan disguised as an operating system is the perfect choice for you. All others who still understand what freedom means should seriously consider switching to alternatives or stick with older versions of Windows (beware of the telemetry and spyware updates for Win7/8).

No use for it.

I keep returning to Debian, over and over.
The fact how much binary applications are available.
The fact that they are rolling and acceptably stable (testing).
The fact, how easy to update and how easy packages are available.
It sure lacks graphical tools here and there, but with projects like Sparky and LMDE - its solved.

Ah, yes, not using any windows since Vista. Especially when they recently captured Nokia, destroyed it by Elop Burning platform speech, and now they attempt to bury the brand totally - they try to call Lumia a windows phone. No sign of "Nokia".

This is their way of doing business. It always was since ages. Even if one looks at OpenGL and DX, even all way back to Gary Kildall NDA lie and then murder.

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